Game-board



R. W. CASSELL.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICAUON FILED :uL'Y 26. 1920.

1,368,021 Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

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UNITED STATES ROBESON W. CASSELL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

GAME-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed July 26, 1920. Serial No. 393,914.

T (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Ronnsort lV. Cassnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Game-Board; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention relates to game boards and the like wherein a plurality of elongated members are associated with a puck member and a board member.

The chief object of the invention is to provide a game board with means whi h cooperate with a plurality of elongated memhers and a puck member.

The chief feature of the invention consists in constructing the board and the various members such that the board is recessed to receive the puck member and is otherwise recessed to receive a plurality of elongated members.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanying crawing and the following description and claims. 1

In the drawing there is illustrated a perspective View of the game board showing the same in detail and the various elongated members and puck member associated therewith.

In the drawing indicates a raised flat surface provided with a central opening or recess 11, said recess 11 being adapted to re ceive a. movable member such as a can or puck 12. In the present instance the surface 10 is shown in the form of a circular plate raised from the supportinpsurface by the side 13. A plurality of projections or inclined members 1% are associated with the edge 13 such that the puck member may be moved up the incline or approach 14- and on to the flat surface 10 and then into the central opening 11. The fiat surface 10 is provided with a plurality of recesses or openings 15. In the present instance the openings 15 are in spaced relation with each other; and in s aced relation with the central opening 11. ssociated with each of the ad ditional openings 15 is an elongated member 16 which is adapted to be received by and seatable in said opening. An additional elongated member 17 is provided which is substantially similar to the elongated member 16 and is receivable openings 15.

In the present invention the inclined ap proaches 14 are in spaced relation with each other about the circular plate and are positioned intermediate and midway between the openings 15.

The game is played as follows: For each hole 15 and elongated member 16 there is a player. An additional player uses the elongated member 17, and the object of the player manipulating the elongated member 17 is to move the can or puck member 12 up the inclined approaches 14 on to the raised and flat table or surface 10 and position the same in the center opening 11. The object of the other players is to manipulate the elongated members 16, after removing the same from the openings 15 to prey any one of the vent the positioning of the puck member 12 m the central opening 11. During this movement the player manipulating the clongated member 17 also endeavors simultaneously therewith to insert the elongated member 17 into any one of the unoccupied openings 1-3, and should the player succeed in in sorting the elongated member 17 into one of the openings 15 the player whose elongated member 16 formerly occupied said opening takes the place of the player who manipu hated the puck member 12 by means of the elongated member 17 and the game proceeds aS before. Should the player manipulating the elongated member 17 succeed in depositing the puck member 12 in the central opening he is credited with winning the game.

lVhile the invention has been described in detail it will be understood that many modifications thereof are possible without departing from the general idea of the game.

The invention claimed is:

1. In a game the combination "of a game board provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess, a puck member rcccivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member asso ciated with the puck member to position the latter in the central recess and being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

2. In a game the combination of a game board provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess in spaced relation with each other, a puck member receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses each being receivable-by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the puck member to position the latter in the central recess and being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

3. In a game the combination of a game board provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess in spaced relation with said central recess, a puck member receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members correspond ing to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the puck member to position the latter in the central recess and being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

4. In a game the combination of a game board provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess in spaced relation with each other and in spaced relation with the central recess, a puck member receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the puck member to position the latter in the central recess and being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

5, In a game the combination of agame board comprising a raised surface provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess, a plurality of inclined approaches associated with said raised surface, a puck member movable upon said inclined approaches and on to said raised surface and receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the'puck member to move the latter upon said inclined surface and upon said raised surface to position the puck in the central recess, said additional elongated member being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

6. In a game the combination of a game board comprising a raised surface provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess, a similar number of inclined approaches associated with the raised surface and each being intermediate the adjacent additional recesses, a puck member movable upon said inclined approaches and on to said raised surface and receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the puck member to move the latter upon said inclined surface and upon said raised surface to position the puck in the central recess, said additional elongated member being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

7 In a game the combination of a game board comprising a raised surface provided with a central recess and a plurality of additional recesses positioned about said central recess in spaced relation with each other, a similar number of inclined approaches associated with the raised surface and each being spaced midway between adjacent spaced additional recesses, a puck member movable upon said inclined approaches and on to saidraised surface and receivable by said central recess, and a similar number of elongated members corresponding to said additional recesses, each being receivable by one of said additional recesses, and an additional elongated member associated with the puck member to move the latter upon said inclined surface and upon said raised surface to position the puck in the central rccess, said additional elongated member-being receivable by any one of said additional recesses.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

. ROBESON W. CASSELL. 

